I've received the schedule of next year's White Nights Festival which will last for 3 whole months. The touring companies include the Royal Ballet, the New York City Ballet, Hamburg Ballet, and the National Ballet of China.

11th International Festival "Stars of the White Nights" dedicated to the 300TH Anniversary of St Petersburg May 5 - August 5, 2003 Artistic Director: Valery Gergiev

Monday, May 5 & Tuesday, May 6 Prokofiev/Konchalovsky/Tsypin WAR AND PEACE** With Anna Netrebko, Gegam Grigorian and Vladimir Moroz Conducted by Valery Gergiev

* = Ballet of the Mariinsky Theatre (Kirov Ballet) ** = Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of the Mariinsky Theatre (Kirov Opera) Unless otherwise stated, all performances start at 19:00 in the Mariinsky Theatre Programme correct at time of printing but may be subject to change

mariinsky ready for musical overload by Galina Stolyarova for the St Petersburg Times

The ballet feast gets under way with the Hamburg, Germany-based John Neumeier Ballet performing Neumeier's "Nijinsky" on July 8 and 9, "The Seagull" on July 11, 12 and 14, and "La Dame aux Camelias" on July 15. Then comes the Royal Ballet from London's Covent Garden, which will bring several shows, including "Swan Lake," "Romeo and Juliet" and "A Month in the Country" from July 18 to 28, before the New York City Ballet wraps up the whole festival with performances of ballets by Georges Balanchine and Jerome Robbins, among others, from July 30 to Aug. 5.

Mariinsky Theatre and Hermitage Museum to сelebrate St. Petersburg's 300th anniversary together From PetersburgCity.com

The State Hermitage Museum and the Mariinsky (Kirov) Theatre yesterday signed a cooperation agreement. Mikhail Piotrovsky and Valery Gergiev, the heads of two of Russia's most famous cultural institutions, put their signatures to the document, which sets out a programme of joint events to celebrate St. Petersburg's 300th anniversary....

....According to Piotrovsky, the main joint project will be a free ballet performance by the Mariinsky's stars on Palace Square in St. Petersburg on May 28, 2003.

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